Supply Chain Article Review

According to Benton, (2013) who argues that the efficacy of supply chain, is the success project and that between project management and supply chain management the connection is unquestionable. Every organizational endeavor is structured to ensure efficient, lean and effective supply chain (Benton, 2013). As a project manager at American Airlines, my major responsibilities include first and far most is to deliver a well organize strategic plan, ensuring the development of staff within the organization as well as all other coordinating members. Construction projects are project that I think I could be a good leader at which includes establishing project goals, task, scheduling and final objectives that may produce positive outcomes. Also on projects of this nature, I think I could increase project productivity that will meet the client and consumer demands. This paper is to discuss efficient supply chain ensures efficacy, effectiveness, and reliability.

Managed Supply Chain An effective managed supply chain ensures consumer satisfaction and is the motivating dynamism of the supply chain activities which also ensured the productivity in organizations such as American Airlines. The most disappointing acts that turn customers against a company an ineffective managed supply chain that have many inconveniences and inefficiency. As the project manager of the American Airlines and as a project manager of a construction project, I am convinced that an efficient supply chain will perhaps support the profitability of an organization in many ways. For example an efficient supply chain of any project or organization will ensure that there are no customers or client that are delayed because of inconveniences and…...

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The Sustainable Supply Chain ‑ Harvard Business Review
The Sustainable Supply Chain
An Interview with Peter Senge by Steven Prokesch
To make progress on environmental issues, Peter Senge says, organizations must understand that they’re part of a larger
system. Senge, the founder of the Society for Organizational Learning, a faculty member at MIT Sloan School of Management,
and the author of The Fifth Discipline and The Necessary Revolution, spoke with HBR senior editor Steven Prokesch about
the challenge of leading organizations at a time when their supply chains need to be radically transformed.
HBR: What does it take for an organization to get serious about issues like water, energy, and waste in its supply
chain?
Senge: It starts to get real when people believe these matters are strategic—that they will shape the future of the business. I use
the word “sustainability” as little as possible because it’s so generic; it makes people’s eyes glaze over.
To confront these issues practically, you need employees who are innovative—who have the skill and the vision to redesign
products, processes, and business models—and who understand the business context. Most important, they need to be able to
tell a story about why this is a meaningful journey.
If they’re stuck in the mind-set (so popular in business schools, unfortunately) that a company exists to maximize return on
investment capital, with an emphasis on short-term financial performance, they won’t...

...Part E 41 (2005) 531–550
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Global supply chain design: A literature review and critique
Mary J. Meixell
a
a,*
, Vidyaranya B. Gargeya
b,1
School of Management, Enterprise Hall, MSN 5F4, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, United States b Information Systems and Operations Management Department, 479, Bryan Building, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, United States
Abstract In this paper, we review decision support models for the design of global supply chains, and assess the ﬁt between the research literature in this area and the practical issues of global supply chain design. The classiﬁcation scheme for this review is based on ongoing and emerging issues in global supply chain management and includes review dimensions for (1) decisions addressed in the model, (2) performance metrics, (3) the degree to which the model supports integrated decision processes, and (4) globalization considerations. We conclude that although most models resolve a diﬃcult feature associated with globalization, few models address the practical global supply chain design problem in its entirety. We close the paper with recommendations for future research in global supply chain modeling that is both forward-looking and practically oriented. Ó 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Supply chain design; Globalization; Outsourcing; Supply chain integration; International sourcing
1. Introduction......

...Few people outside the supply chain function used to care where products came from. Nowadays, everyone from company leaders to interest groups to consumers wants to know something, if not everything, about a product’s origins. Steve New, of Oxford University, explores the technology, logistics, and inevitable opportunities and risks involved in exposing your supply chain to the world.
The new tools for making supply chains transparent are proliferating. They range from sand-grain-size radio-frequency ID tags embedded in products, to customer-facing online databases that allow any comer to probe a product’s history, to webcams that show what’s going on at suppliers in real time.
Managing such information so that it’s accurate, useful, and secure is no small task. But complex as the logistics may be, the benefits to a company are often well worth the effort. Transparency, if wisely marketed, can win the confidence of consumers who are inclined to buy your products and even that of potentially hostile interest groups. An unfettered, granular view into your own operations can also help you identify problems and, ultimately, strengthen the efficiency and integrity of your supply chain.
Nonetheless, power that’s so accessible can easily be wrested from a company. Leaders must remain on top of the vast wells of supply chain information at their fingertips so that they can analyze—and then wisely reveal—what they find before outsiders do.
Revealing Technologies
Driven by growing...

...A systems perspective on supply chain measurements
Stefan Holmberg
The Authors |
Stefan Holmberg, Division of Logistics, Lund University, Sweden
Abstract |
Both practitioners and research scientists have noted a number of problems regarding measurement activities during the past decade. The problems reported suggest that measurement activities are fragmented both within and across organizations. Expands on a systems perspective on supply chain measurements and describes how problems can be communicated, understood and managed by developing methods and tools for describing interrelationships within supply chains. Empirical evidence from a case study of a Swedish home furnishing business supply chain provides data suggesting that firms within a supply chain cannot simply be categorized as either having adopted systems thinking or not. Rather, both structured models indicating a high degree of systems thinking, and problems showing fragmentation, are present. A performance model, which is used to reflect the systemic structure of an underlying supply chain and a potential integrator, is introduced and suggested as the focus of future research initiatives within supply chain measurements.
Article type: case study.
Keywords: Supply chain, Measurement, Systems integration, Performance measurement.
Content Indicators: Research Implications** Practice Implications** Originality** Readability**
International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics......

...CURRENT CHALLENGES OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Acknowledgement
It is only because of the grace and mercy of great Almighty ALLAH that we are able to complete our report. Without His help, in no way we could complete it.
We are highly indebted to honor Sir Shoaib Ishtiaq (Bahria University) for assigning us such an important and interesting report and for his valuable guidance in carrying out this research study which benefited during our course work in the university.
We would also like to extend our gratitude towards the internet & books which helped us greatly. And on the other hand all those people who were directly and indirectly involved in the completion of this project.
ABSTRACT
Purpose :
As the business environment becomes increasingly competitive, companies continuously look for ways to distinguish themselves from their competitors. Companies adapt different Supply Chain Management practices and philosophies to help them become competitive. However, they may face challenges that hinder attainment of the results sought. Here is the study of few challenges that supply chain management are facing in today’s world and some strategies propose to cope up with those challenges.
Methods :
Firstly the major challenges were search and then some strategies were purpose to cope up with those challenges of supply chain management by giving the examples of case study than how in past companies have faced those challenges and they were not able to handle...

...ADVANTAGE
TECHNOLOGY
NETWORKS
PRACTICE
PROCESS
BALANCE
PERFORMANCE
SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT REVIEW · SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2001
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The conventional wisdom is that competition in the future will not be company vs. company but supply chain vs. supply chain. But the reality is that instances of head-to-head supply chain competition will be limited. The more likely scenario will find companies competing— and winning—based on the capabilities they can assemble across their supply networks.
By James B. Rice, Jr. and Richard M. Hoppe
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n increasingly vocal and popular sentiment holds that the nature of competition in the future will not be between companies but rather between supply chains. If this does, in fact, represent the future, how
will these chains actually compete against each other? And what can practitioners do now in anticipation of this future?
In contemplating the much-ballyhooed supply chain vs. supply chain (SC vs. SC) proposition, we first sought examples of this competition in action. Yet for as many examples of SC vs. SC competition that we found, there were at least as many places where the model didn’t fit. On the one hand, we saw vivid examples where one company or a series of companies had designed supply networks to act with singular focus against other unique companies or groups of companies—for example, Brax, Perdue Farms, and Tyson Foods. Yet......

...Supply Chain Management of the Year Article Review
Pamela N. Hardnett
BUS 612: Advanced Project Procurement
Instructor: Kevin Kuznia
August 24, 2014
Supply Chain Management of the Year Article Review
In reading the assigned article from this week’s readings, we learned about John MacLean and his awesome supply management skills. MacLean encouraged others to think big and think out of the box (Teague, 2009). Maclean's endeavors to increase the worth acquiring and production network put up to American, including income creation, speedier time for sale to the public, better-quality items and different measurements. He pushes others to take accountability for their actions. I am honored to be on his team. As my project sponsor, I know that he will be available upon request to assist me in obtaining the necessary support needed in order to make decisions, and to successfully create my project. Carrying on without an effective sponsor raises the probability of project failure and I as the project manager will be held accountable for that failing (Lynda Bourne, 2012).
As the project manager of American Airlines, I think that I would be a great leader when it comes to the upgrading of our technology. Every organizational endeavor is structured to ensure efficient, lean and effective supply chain (Benton, 2013). My main focus would be to come up with a strategic plan that would assist my team in implementing a better system to track the location of our planes. In making......

...main attractions BASF has for building additional operations in the U.S. With supply of natural gas expected to be sustainable for well over the next 100 years, BASF will increase their profit margins and provide little risk to operational disruption that can occur from nuclear or petroleum energy supplies, or from the added expenses associated with renewable energy sources. To fully capitalize on the low cost energy market, BASF continues to develop more operational and supply chain assets in the U.S., specifically in the Gulf States, providing easy access to shipping ports throughout the Gulf of Mexico in addition to reducing transportation time between U.S. based facilities.
The new joint venture with Total Petrochemicals and Refining USA will increase the efficiency of operations for BASF for multiple reasons. First, the company is minimizing some of its financial risk by investing in a 60/40 agreement. Second, the 60/40 agreement also gives BASF a controlling stake in operations and as such affords them the right to set operating and policy guidelines and supply chain control methodology. Lastly, the location of the new plant in Port Arthur, TX is strategically located between the 2 VerBund sites BASF operates in the U.S., which are located in Freeport, TX and Geismar, LA. Since the new plant will produce chemical building blocks to be used in other operations, this will greatly reduce supply time to the VerBund sites, which will reduce operating and landed costs for......

...main attractions BASF has for building additional operations in the U.S. With supply of natural gas expected to be sustainable for well over the next 100 years, BASF will increase their profit margins and provide little risk to operational disruption that can occur from nuclear or petroleum energy supplies, or from the added expenses associated with renewable energy sources. To fully capitalize on the low cost energy market, BASF continues to develop more operational and supply chain assets in the U.S., specifically in the Gulf States, providing easy access to shipping ports throughout the Gulf of Mexico in addition to reducing transportation time between U.S. based facilities.
The new joint venture with Total Petrochemicals and Refining USA will increase the efficiency of operations for BASF for multiple reasons. First, the company is minimizing some of its financial risk by investing in a 60/40 agreement. Second, the 60/40 agreement also gives BASF a controlling stake in operations and as such affords them the right to set operating and policy guidelines and supply chain control methodology. Lastly, the location of the new plant in Port Arthur, TX is strategically located between the 2 VerBund sites BASF operates in the U.S., which are located in Freeport, TX and Geismar, LA. Since the new plant will produce chemical building blocks to be used in other operations, this will greatly reduce supply time to the VerBund sites, which will reduce operating and landed costs for......

...useful purpose in the supply chain. Many supply chain managers say firms can help decrease the need for inventory by carefully managing factors that cause inventory levels to increase. Inventory can be defined as the result of imbalance between supply and demand. The term inventory drivers comes from the consequences of certain supply or demand characteristics, such as: product desirability, responsiveness, information, collaboration, and visibility (St. John, 2008). The four common inventory drivers are: 1) demand/ capacity mismatches; smoothing inventories 2) demand/ process volume mismatches; cycle stocks 3) demand/supply uncertainty; safety stocks and 4) demand/supply chain lead time mismatches; anticipation inventories (Bozarth, 2011).
Determining Inventory Levels
Inventory decisions are normally determined by five key business drivers: consumer demand, lead time variability, pack mix, merchandising requirements, and service levels. However, with every decision there is always an area for error. Forecasting consumer demand involves factoring in lead time, lead time variability, and package size constraints. The best way to manage customer demand is to run a sales and operating plan across merchandise, supply chain, and store operations to tweak forecasts and reduce forecast errors. The key is to do a monthly review of forecasts for items with a stable demand, and for items with unstable demand and promoted categories they need a more frequent review. Overall,......

...International Journal of Production Research
Vol. 48, No. 17, 1 September 2010, 5137–5155
Supply chain performance measurement: a literature review
Goknur Arzu Akyuz* and Turan Erman Erkan
Department of Industrial Engineering, Atilim University, Kizilcasar Mahallesi,
06836 Incek Go¨lbasi, Ankara, Turkey
(Received 19 February 2009; final version received 2 June 2009)
This paper is intended to provide a critical literature review on supply chain
performance measurement. The study aims at revealing the basic research
methodologies/approaches followed, problem areas and requirements for the
performance management of the new supply chain era. The review study
covers articles coming from major journals related with the topic, including a
taxonomy study and detailed investigation as to the methodologies, approaches
and findings of these works. The methodology followed during the conduct of
this research includes starting with a broad base of articles lying at the
intersection of supply chain, information technology (IT), performance
measurement and business process management topics and then screening
the list to have a focus on supply chain performance measurement. Findings
reveal that performance measurement in the new supply era is still an open
area of research. Further need of research is identified regarding framework
development, empirical cross-industry research and adoption of performance
measurement systems for the requirements of the new era, to......

...Criteria and Methods in Supply
Chains: A Review
Om Pal, Amit Kumar Gupta, R. K. Garg
International Science Index Vol:7, No:10, 2013 waset.org/Publication/16944
Abstract—An effective supplier selection process is very
important to the success of any manufacturing organization. The
main objective of supplier selection process is to reduce purchase
risk, maximize overall value to the purchaser, and develop closeness
and long-term relationships between buyers and suppliers in today’s
competitive industrial scenario. The literature on supplier selection
criteria and methods is full of various analytical and heuristic
approaches. Some researchers have developed hybrid models by
combining more than one type of selection methods. It is felt that
supplier selection criteria and method is still a critical issue for the
manufacturing industries therefore in the present paper the literature
has been thoroughly reviewed and critically analyzed to address the
issue.
Keywords—Supplier selection,
Mathematical Programming.
AHP,
ANP,
TOPSIS,
I. INTRODUCTION
I
N most industries, the cost of raw materials and component
parts represents the largest percentage of the total product
cost. For instance, in high technology firms, purchased
materials and services account for up to 80% of the total
product cost. Therefore, selecting the right suppliers is the key
to procurement process and represents a major opportunity for
companies to reduce costs across its entire supply chain.
Choosing the......

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over one-third market share in that industry sector. The gross profit margin from the
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predominately food related sales has been about 30%, well above the industry average
around the teens.*
Many analysts credit the firm’s success to, among other things, its Point-of-Sales
(POS) systems, which enable the firm to sell what customers need and cut the product
development and supply chain costs under the characteristically dynamic market, in
which the consumer demands often change and the supplier base is fragmented. In fact,
SEJ is a classic success story of leveraging information technology to grow business and
profit. SEJ has invested heavily in information technology since the late 1970s, from the
first large-scale deployment of the POS systems in Japan to the implementation of a
satellite telecommunication and integrated services digital network connecting every
store to corporate headquarters, suppliers and logistics service providers. The store-level
customer and purchase information allows the company to react quickly to customer
demands throughout its supply chain. This is especially useful in the areas of fresh foods,
which are the company’s highest-margin products.
Nevertheless, many factors other than SEJ’s decision to invest in the POS systems
contribute directly to its superior performance as well as intermediate the taken-forgranted relation between information technology and firm performance. Without a better
understanding of what......